*If your servers are not keeping accurate time under load, consider running an SP2 VMI enabled kernel (with paravirtualisation checked) using NTP for time synchronisation. Ensure that the VMwareTools time synch with host is disabled.

*If your servers are not keeping accurate time under load, consider running an SP2 VMI enabled kernel (with paravirtualisation checked) using NTP for time synchronisation. Ensure that the VMwareTools time synch with host is disabled.

Time Synchronisation

If your servers are not keeping accurate time under load, consider running an SP2 VMI enabled kernel (with paravirtualisation checked) using NTP for time synchronisation. Ensure that the VMwareTools time synch with host is disabled.

Tweaks

Swappiness parameter - if you find your VM's are swapping while RAM is available consider adding 'vm.swappiness = 40' to the bottom of /etc/sysctl.conf refer:

General Tips

There are a lot of complaints about the free VMware's remote console being slow and unreliable. All the VMware documentation for all versions of VMware suggest the use of the native remote access tools (ssh, RDP, etc) instead of the console if possible.